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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add gambc.
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:30:31 -0500
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To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:23:32AM +0100, Taylan Ulrich Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1=
/Kammer wrote:
>> FYI I already pushed it as gambit-c.=20=20
>
> I saw it just after sending my own message.
>
>> Tell me if you want me to push a patch to change it.
>
> I think it would be nice to be consistent, so yes, please.

Andreas: we have a disagreement here, so let's please discuss it before
you ask Taylan to push a change that overrides my wishes.  Thanks.

> according to the packaging guidelines, the name should be derived from
> the tarball name.

Where is this documented?  I looked for it in the "Packaging Guidelines"
section of our manual, and also the subsection "Package Naming", and
couldn't find it.  Anyway, even if such a guideline were documented, I
would oppose it as a general rule.

       Mark